Includes bibliographical references (pages 848-861) and index

Describes in human, political, and scientific detail the complete story of how the bomb was developed, from the turn-of-the-century discovery of the power of the atom, to the first bombs dropped on Japan

Pulitzer Prize, General Nonfiction, 1988

Part 1. Profound and necessary truth -- 1. Moonshine -- 2. Atoms and void -- 3. Tvi -- 4. The long grave already dug -- 5. Men from Mars -- 6. Machines -- 7. Exodus -- 8. Stirring and digging -- 9. An extensive burst -- Part 2. A peculiar sovereignty -- 10. Neutrons -- 11. Cross sections -- 12. A communication from Britain -- 13. The new world -- 14. Physics and desert country -- 15. Different animals -- 16. Revelations -- 17. The evils of this time -- Part 3. Life and death -- 18. Trinity -- 19. Tongues of fire -- Epilogue

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